by Rockaway Staff | Sep 3, 2026 | NEWS
As the summer comes to a close and another school year approaches, I want to take a moment to reflect on what has been an unbelievable summer of basketball here in Rockaway. The week of the Charlie Marquardt Basketball Camp was everything we hoped it would be and...
by Rockaway Staff | Sep 3, 2026 | NEWS
President Biden’s battles with prostate cancer put this disease into recent headlines, but because one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime according to the American Cancer Society, September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. In...
by Rockaway Staff | Sep 3, 2026 | NEWS
Feeling up for a little test right now? Sit down on the floor, then try to stand back up without using your hands, knees, or the coffee table. If you are able to do it, then you get a perfect score. A study done by Brazilian researchers put thousands of adults aged 51...
by Rockaway Staff | Sep 3, 2026 | NEWS, McVeighing In
Fishing isn’t really my thing. Sitting on a boat on a beautiful day? Sign me up. A beer in one hand and a rod and reel in the other — that’s got a nice ring to it. I can even romanticize the feeling of, after a long, patient wait, a fish finally biting...
by Rockaway Staff | Sep 3, 2026 | NEWS
Butterflies taste with sensors on their feet. Butterfly eyes are made up of 6,000 lenses and can see ultraviolet light, making it easier to spot flowers. Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire. The Sun contains about 99.86% of all the...
by Rockaway Staff | Sep 3, 2026 | NEWS
SEPTEMBER 3 Marybeth Galvin was born. Conor Leary was born. Matt Long was born. Jeannine Hartman was born. Victor Boamah was born. 1783 – The Treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain. 1974 –...
